The Words of those who Have Met Us Speak Best about Us.
My name is Doroteja Joksovic. I am a professional tennis player. I love to train and live a healthy life every day. I believe that people should engage in sports more, especially younger generations, because it makes you healthier, more energetic and fulfilled. Tennis gives me such an opportunity to meet new people, cultures, landmarks, cities, countries... I chose the private high school Milena Pavlovic Barili because it gives me the opportunity for online learning and acquiring practical knowledge. Due to frequent long trips, the teachers at this school have great understanding for me and my sports commitments.
My name is Andrija Kapetanović. Studying history is my passion, as well as observing human past from various perspectives – religion, economics, politics... Besides that, I am very interested in languages and other cultures. I think it is especially important today to see what perspective other people have on problems, so we can successfully solve ours. In this, we should not neglect the broader picture that thirty centuries of written human history gives us.
Ognjen Miculović, a successful athlete who is one of the most talented young prospects in basketball. Due to his sports needs, he chose to enroll in our school to balance his club commitments while achieving results in education. He attends first grade of high school and trains at the Belgrade basketball club Beovuk 72.
"My name is Olga Dević. I am a third-year student at the Private High School 'Milena Pavlović Barili'. Besides high school, I also attend Music High School, majoring in music production. Outside of classes, I am very active in the youth sector, I am the youngest member of the Board of Directors of the Umbrella Organization of Youth of Serbia. Also, I am a member of several youth organizations operating at local, national and European levels, part of many projects dealing with youth and children, organizer and moderator of many events, participant in many conferences, summits and trainings in the field of youth, peer educator, volunteer at festivals and other events for children and youth and much more. Also, for seven years I was a member of the children's choir 'Kolibri', and I currently sing in the Children's Choir of Radio Television of Serbia.
This school has given me the opportunity to dedicate myself to extracurricular activities, another school, while simultaneously acquiring quality high school education.
I believe this school is ideal for you if you are quite engaged outside of school, whether you do similar things as I do, sports or something else, simply as a student of this school you will have the opportunity not to give up on your extracurricular activities, to dedicate yourself to them more seriously and continue your formal education without obstacles.
Marija Raković is a third-year student who has shown her interest in psychology during her schooling. She was in Petnica several times during the school year where she participated in many projects and showed enviable knowledge of the subject that exceeds the scope of high school.
When I finished eighth grade, thanks to excellent success and excellent results on the final test, I could enroll in any high school I wanted. My parents decided on Barili, because due to a serious injury I was facing a long rehabilitation, so they thought that the administration of the private high school would be more flexible and have more understanding. Fortunately, I recovered quickly, and there were no major absences from school, and I realized that we made the right choice.
My school suits me for several reasons – mostly because I feel I have an open space to engage in things that really interest me. For example, I'm not really a math lover, I get an A with great work and effort, and the possibility of additional mentoring work with teachers helps me a lot there. On the other hand, I love most social sciences and languages, and I'm very good at that. At the suggestion of the psychology teacher, I applied to participate in a psycholinguistics project at the Petnica Science Research Center and – I was accepted! So far I have been to Petnica twice for seven to ten days each, and it was fantastic! We slept little and worked a lot, we had fantastic lectures and workshops. They allowed me to write my work in English, which is both enjoyment and challenge for me. Actually, I have been writing stories in English for several years now, and I have already published fifty-four on the Fun-Fiction website, where I have many reviews and people who follow my work.
I actually study quite a lot because I'm used to it, and I need to be maximally prepared for classes. That's my nature. So, I study as if I were in a good state high school, just with less stress. I also have several wonderful hobbies that are very important to me, and I'm really glad that the school supports me in pursuing them. I am a member of the 'Belgrade English Language Theatre', a theater group of young people who perform plays in English, under the direction of Dr. Paul Murray, a director from England. Last year we performed at an international youth theater festival in Ancona, Italy, and this year we went to Bath in England, where we were guests of the Royal Bath Theatre, i.e. their youth section called The Egg Theatre. It was wonderful! We made many new friends.
The school has also enabled me to engage in humanitarian work in my free time, so I am a volunteer with the Municipality of Stari Grad, where I most often help when it comes to people with special needs. I also volunteered at an international film festival that deals with films addressing themes related to the lives and problems of people with special needs. It was a fantastic experience, and during that festival I also conducted a survey among visitors that I designed myself, and which I included in my research work at Petnica.
I also do diving – so far I have dives to 18.5 m. Besides that, I also go horseback riding. In my free time I intensively study Norwegian.
I also love design, and for now I make sketches and create jewelry myself from copper and silver-plated wires, and pearls.
None of this would be possible without my school, dedicated teachers and the great flexibility and understanding they have for their students.
Meet Katarina Jovanović, a student at our school
Katarina Jovanović is the best student in the fourth year of the Private High School 'Milena Pavlović Barili'. Always smiling, she easily acquires new knowledge from all subjects. Ready for independent and group work, Katarina will always help others understand and master the material. She loves to learn new things, has a wide range of interests, from natural to social sciences.
Her goal is to enroll in the Faculty of Pharmacy, but also to become a worthy and good person. She tries not to neglect her talents alongside school, such as poetry, music, sports, which make her special. Poetry is her great love, in her free time she writes poems. She published a collection of poems 'Red Rose' in 2013.
Katarina has been our student since first grade. We are proud that such a young person is part of our educational system and serves as a role model for our younger students. We wish her much luck in enrolling in her desired faculty.
Jovana Rakezić's talent for photography was also confirmed by NASA, because they selected one of her photographs to be among dozens from around the world in the space shuttle 'Atlantis 8' during its last flight. Jovana competed with that photograph for NASA's Face in Space program, several months before the space shuttle's last mission. She does artistic and fashion photography. She most often photographs herself or her friends. This did not escape the editors of Vogue magazine either. The Italian edition of that prestigious world fashion magazine published Jovana's photographs which can also be seen in Wannabe magazine.
She has exhibited her works at both collective and solo exhibitions, we will mention just some of them: collective exhibition of works from the 40th international children's art competition 'Lidice 2012' in the Czech Republic, collective exhibition 'My Place' UNESCO, Sixth Belgrade High School, collective photography exhibition 'Diversity' organized by the Youth Group of the Helsinki Committee in Serbia, the Office for Youth of the City of Kruševac and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. July-August 2012. Kruševac, Serbia. Her photographs have been published in: the Serbian edition of Food&Travel magazine, in Jat Review Inflight Magazine, in The Guardian among the 9 best from around the world on the theme 'Layer', in ReFoto magazine, in Wannabe magazine, Vogue and many others.
Jovana graduated in June 2015 and on the walls of our school there are numerous diplomas and awards she won during her schooling at the Private High School 'Milena Pavlović Barili'.
Marko Stanković, our first-year student, started playing football at the Mondial small football school seven years ago. Later he played for Partizan, Rad and currently plays for Dinamo in Minsk (Belarus). Marko plays in the position of striker or offensive midfielder.
Luka Radivojević is a student who graduated in June 2015 and who competes in the cadet category of the Snowboard National Team of the Ski Association of Serbia. Among his latest achieved results were: second place at the Serbian Championship in snowboard 2015 GS – Kopaonik and first place at the Belgrade Championship in snowboard 2015 GS – Kopaonik.
Our golden water polo player and student of the generation is Đorđe Šormaz who graduated in June 2015. He has been training water polo since the age of seven, currently he is a player of V.K. 'Crvena Zvezda' for which he played this season. He was a member of youth national team selections. His greatest successes are vice-champion of Serbia and vice-champion of Europe, all with V.K. 'Radnički' from Kragujevac for which he played last season.
Luka Smiljanić was a scholarship recipient of the school. He has been professionally involved in football for many years. He often says that the rule that allows you to become a champion is to go out on the field when it's hardest and win. Luka successfully applies this rule on the field. Luka played in the position of young right-back for Brodarac, then was transferred to the senior and then to the first team.
